Monday, February 14, 2011

First Day Jitters

Today was my second first day as Pastry Chef at Blackberry Farm! My first first day was way back in June of 2004, and I believe I was a lot more nervous then than today, but it was still a little nerve-wracking! I felt that everyone was looking at me! I was supposed to make chocolates with the outgoing pastry chef, but he had to make a big, over-the-top cake for some guests. I should have taken a picture of it, because it was WAY over the top. He asked me to make their other dessert, a blackberry bread pudding from the very first Blackberry Farm cookbook. Here it is, in progress. Kind of a humble dessert, but in the cookbook, it has four accompaniments, which it did not get today. I just made some lime curd to be passed with it.
I had fun most of the time, but spent quite a bit of time dealing with personnel issues. Wouldn't it be nice if being a chef was just cooking or baking? But it's not.

Tomorrow, I will be making chocolates, and I will take lots of photos. On Wednesday, I'll start testing my new menu, and I promise even more photos then!